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......^=£@ environment where you could find such @£=^......
.^~=†£¤@## things as the furnace, the labyrinth, ##@¤£†=~^.
.....^~†¤¤ reptiles or graves. ¤¤†~^.....
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.^~~~~=££@ a small or rural basement is a cellar. @££=~~~~^.
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......^=£¤ often created in good faith, a basement ¤£=^......
.^~=†£¤@## is nevertheless a way to bring a cave ##@¤£†=~^.
.....^=†¤@ into your building, and cave things @¤†=^.....
.^~====†£@ with it. i've found that it's easier to @£†====~^.
......~=£@ think of all caves as the same large @£=~......
.^~====££@ structure, it's just that all parts @££====~^.
.....~†¤¤# might not be physically connected. #¤¤†~.....
.^~=†£¤@## that's what you're inviting in. ##@¤£†=~^.
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.^~=†£¤@## the purpose of a basement is often to ##@¤£†=~^.
...~==†££¤ hide unsightly appliances, engines, ¤££†==~...
.^~=†††¤@@ infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or @@¤†††=~^.
.^~=†£¤@## to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a ##@¤£†=~^.
...~==††¤¤ building. ¤¤††==~...
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.^~=†£¤@## to draw from the earth around it, push ##@¤£†=~^.
.^~=†£¤@## above ground, laundered. ##@¤£†=~^.
.^~=†£¤@## ##@¤£†=~^.
.^~=†£¤@## a cellar is a more senseful affair, ##@¤£†=~^.
.....^^=£¤ less intense... made to store things ¤£=^^.....
.^~=†£¤@## (food or brews, tools) in a colder ##@¤£†=~^.
...^~†££@# environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms. #@££†~^...
.^~=†£¤@## perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not ##@¤£†=~^.
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